A Phase 1/2 study (NCT03395210) investigating Sanofi (Nasdaq:SNY) Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor rilzabrutinib in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has also shed light on the cognitive impairment involved in the disease. Patients with ITP, an autoimmune disease that involves increased platelet destruction, have often complained of fatigue, problems with cognition and other symptoms that physicians have dismissed,…
Sanofi announces publication of early study of rilzabrutinib for immune thrombocytopenia
Sanofi (Nasdaq:SNY) has announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published positive data from the Phase 1/2 dose-finding study testing the safety, pharmacokinetics and clinical activity of rilzabrutinib for immune thrombocytopenia. Immune thrombocytopenia is associated with bruising and bleeding. Fewer than 200,000 Americans are diagnosed with the condition each year. Rilzabrutinib is…